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4
Nov

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Amazing night.  There’s no other way to say other than it was a giant – sorry for the four-letter word that’s coming next – fuck you to Donald Trump...America listened to Trump on election day. They voted like he was on the ballot...Word of the day: Rebuke....Down the drain:  Elon Musk flushed away $475 million backing GOP candidates in the midterm.  About half of that amount was spent in Texas where Tesla and SpaceX are headquartered.  CNBC predicts that Musk may now be facing “political obstacles” in the Lone Star state. No wonder why the stock prices of Tesla and SpaceX are cratering today. ... Brilliant: In all the stories I’ve read this morning, one line in particular stands out by Peter Baker of the NY Times.  He was deconstructing Trump’s final pre-election speech with the much-derided Reflecting Pool in the background. That led Baker to write: “It was a vivid reminder of his obsession with pet construction projects in Washington, despite the warning signs of how it rankled voters — as if Richard M. Nixon had made his final pre-election speech in front of the Watergate complex”...Original take: The Hungarian Conservative called last night’s wipeout of the GOP a “Black tsunami.” Why?  Because four Black politicians won their races to become governors for the first time: Keisha Lance Bottoms (D-GA), David Crowley (D-WI), Aaron Ford (D-NV), and Byron Donalds (R-FL). Wes Moore (D-MD) won a second term to no one’s surprise...Mute: Trump has gone silent on Truth Social as of 10 a.m. ET today.  In comparison, yesterday morning, he fired off roughly 200 posts. Last night, while the walls of his castle were collapsing under the blue tsunami, Trump took the time to moan about Fox News’ Dem commentator Jessica Tarlov, writing in a Truth Social post that she’s “dumb as a rock but it’s that voice that gets me. Have to go somewhere else until that loser is off the air.” Priorities, Don. Priorities...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard


Today's Headlines From the Right

The Collapse of the Republican Party Is Trump’s Fault

source: The Federalist

The Iran war and the costs it imposed on the American people were a betrayal of what Trump ran on in 2024, and voters have just confirmed it.

It Was Trump, Stupid

source: National Review

Trump squandered his mandate to be normal, to bring back prosperity, to be more than simply not Joe Biden’s woke Democrats.

Trump’s Hubris and Failures Get Their Voter Payback

source: Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump was elected to bring down inflation and put America and Americans first. Instead, the president interpreted the mandate he won in 2024 as a license to govern capriciously, and his supporters have paid a steep price for his repeated mistakes.

Trump Diverts Blame After Massive Midterm Losses

source: Daily Signal

PreTrump blamed the candidates and the Iran War for the massive Republican losses in the midterm elections. “They didn’t like the candidates, and some of the candidates that I endorsed fought me, and they didn’t like it,” he said in a late night Fox Business interview. “This MAGA base is incredible, the most loyal base, the most loyal people, the people that built America.”

Meet the Far-Left Socialists Coming to Congress Next Year

source: Fox News

Several DSA members heading to the House of Representatives have threatened to withhold support for Hakeem Jeffries as speaker of the House

Will Dems Misread Their Victory?

source: Wall Street Journal

Americans voted to rebuke Trump, not for a repeat of Biden-era left-wing overreach.

Dems’ Blue Wave May Crash into Dead End

source: NY Post

Voters’ last memories of Democratic governance aren’t pretty ones. And even if they end up with control of both chambers of Congress come January, it’s unlikely that Democrats will be doing much governing at all.

Weirdo James Talarico Won Over Half a Million More Votes Than Kamala Did in 2024

source: The Gateway Pundit

How does a weird guy who never worked and is a far-left state senator field so many votes in a US Senate race in an off year- in Texas?

Dems Are Winning and Still at War with One Another

source: The Free Press

Victory in the midterms will hardly paper over the party’s divisions.

Blue Wave of Mutilation and the Dem Gloat Is Now Upon Us

source: Victory Girls

Get ready for drag queen story hours, free birth-control abortions and gender reassignments for kids who were allowed the privilege of birth everywhere. Morals.

Media Nominate Jon Ossoff for 2028 Presidential Election

source: NewsBusters

CNN’s live election coverage was abuzz with Osoff 2028 talk within minutes of the polls in Georgia closing. At 7:05 p.m. ET, CNN chief political analyst David Axelrod predicted: “There’s going to be a parade down to Atlanta after this to talk to Jon Ossoff...There’s going to be a lot of interest in him because of the numbers that he’s putting up here in a state that wasn’t easy.

We Lost the Battle, But the War for the Future of the American Soul Begins Now

source: RedState

If leftists think they’ve just voted for positive change and solutions to “affordability,” they’ve got another think coming. The Democrats’ answer to affordability is more taxes, and their main philosophy going forward will be lawfare, lawfare, and more lawfare.

About Last Night: The Silver Lining and the Path Forward

source: PJ Media

Democrats will waste their political capital pretty quickly by running endless investigations, and probably another impeachment or two, against President Trump. They’re already doing this.

The Eclipse of MAGA

source: FrontPage

America will not be made great again anytime soon. If ever.

The Biggest Winner and the Biggest Loser in the 2026 Midterm Elections

source: Fox News

The big winner in the midterms on Tuesday night was the Democratic Party. And the big loser of the 2026 midterms was President Donald J. Trump. It’s impossible not to draw that conclusion given the blowout victory the Democrats won in both the House and Senate on Tuesday.

Thoughts on the Midterm Elections

source: American Thinker

It was bad, but it could have been worse and, as always, there are lessons we can take from it.

Welcome to the Madhouse

source: Washington Free Beacon

It was a great night for Democrats. Trump's conciliatory overtures notwithstanding, their willingness to work with his administration is unlikely to extend beyond congressional subpoenas. They are just as unlikely to draw any useful lessons from their victory, which was largely driven by the same cost-of-living concerns that fueled Trump's reelection two years earlier.